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The term bulge may refer to several things: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that French Wiktionary be merged into this article or section. ...


In the human body

  • Slang to describe the way a man's penis is visible from underneath his clothing (jeans, pants, swim trunks, etc.)
  • An extension of a surface due to internal pressure and localized weakness of the containment, as in blood vessels forming an aneurysm.
  • Localized fat deposits, typically at the sides above the hips ("love handles"), or at the belly (in humans).
  • A protrusion of the skin, where the skin is pushed outward by muscle, or by skin being stretched over the eyeball or bone.

The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ... // An aneurysm (or aneurism) is localized, blood-filled dilation (bulge) of a blood vessel caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall. ... For other uses, see Fat (disambiguation). ...

In astronomy

In astronomy, a bulge is a huge, tightly packed group of stars. ... A spiral galaxy is a type of galaxy in the Hubble sequence which is characterized by the following physical properties: Spiral Galaxy M74 presents a face-on view of its spiral arms. ... An equatorial bulge is a planetological term which describes a bulge which a planet may have around its equator, distorting it into an oblate spheroid. ... An oblate spheroid is ellipsoid having a shorter axis and two equal longer axes. ... In mathematics, a spheroid is a quadric surface in three dimensions obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes. ... A polar bulge is a bulge a planet (none in our Solar System have one) or a natural satellite has at its geographical poles, disorting it into a prolate spheroid. ... Moons of the Solar System scaled to Earths Moon A natural satellite is an object that orbits a planet or other body larger than itself and which is not man-made. ... A spheroid is a quadric surface in three dimensions obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes. ... In mathematics, a spheroid is a quadric surface in three dimensions obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes. ... The tidal force is a secondary effect of the force of gravity and is responsible for the tides. ... Adjectives: Terrestrial, Terran, Telluric, Tellurian, Earthly Atmosphere Surface pressure: 101. ...

Other

  • A localized discontinuity in an extended military line as in the Battle of the Bulge, a major World War II battle.
  • To swell or stick out; the part that swells or sticks out, as in the crotch of ones pants if you wear tapered leg jeans!
  • Slang for a sudden, temporary increase in the price of a security, stock or debt obligation. Any temporary, significant increase, such as that in the volume of work.
  • Not to be confused with a bilge pump; a pump responsible for removing sea and seep water from the bottom of ship hulls
  • Similar words include, Protrusion.
  • Popular nickname for one Ben Fischer due to his snugly tapered Levis 501 jeans.

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Mystery Bulge in Oregon Still Growing | LiveScience (756 words)
BEND, Ore. (AP) -- A recent survey of a bulge that covers about 100 square miles near the South Sister indicates the area is still growing, suggesting it could be another volcano in the making or a major shift of molten rock under the center of the Cascade Range.
The likely cause of the bulge is a pool of magma that, according to Deschutes National Forest geologist Larry Chitwood, is equal in size to a lake 1 mile across and 65 feet deep.
The magma lake is rising 10 feet each year, under tremendous pressure, and it deforms the Earth's surface as it expands, causing the bulge.
Bulge definition file (808 words)
The bulge definition shapes are not stored in the wire file, but in an ASCII file called bulge_types which resides in your misc_data directory of your current project.
The advantage of storing these bulge shapes in a separate file outside of your wire file is that you can build a catalogue of bulge shapes, and reuse them from wire file to wire file, and even from project to project (you can copy the bulge_types file from one project directory to another).
Thus if you have several wire files that use the same bulge definition and you modify the bulge definition in the interactive package, you are actually modifying the bulge definition for all wire files that reference that bulge code.
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